Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Song Analysis 3 (Why by rascal flats

"Why"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EXGJKxi_PU   

You must have been in a                                                                                    
Place so dark                                                                                             
You couldn't feel the light                                                                                                
Reachin' for you through
                 personification                                                                              
That stormy cloud                                                                                               
Now here we are                                                                                             
Gathered in our little hometown                                                                                     
This can't be the way                                                                                                
You meant to draw a crowd                                                                                               


Oh why, that's what I keep asking                                                                                   
Was there anything I could've                                                                                          
Said or done                                                                                               
Oh, I had no clue you were                                                                                             
Masking                                                                                                       
A troubled soul, God only knows      Allusion                                                                          
What went wrong and why                                                                                     
You would leave the stage                      Alliteration                                                               
In the middle of a song                        symbolism                                                              

Now in my mind I'll keep you frozen           Metaphor                                                                  
As a seventeen-year-old              
                                                                   
Rounding third to score the            Imagery                                                                            
Winning run                                                                                              
You always played with passion                                                                                        
No matter what the game      
                                                                                 
When you took the stage                                                                                      
You'd shine just like the sun              Simile                                                                        


Oh why, that's what I keep asking                    repetition                                                                
Was there anything I could've                                                                                      
Said or done                                                                                                   
Oh, I had no clue you were                                                                                             
Masking                                                                                                      
A troubled soul, God only knows                                                                                       
What went wrong and why                                                                                        
You would leave the stage                                                                                             
In the middle of a song                                                                                            

Now the oak trees are swaying                                                                                        
In the early autumn breeze                                                                                     
A golden sun is shining on my face                                                                             
Through tangled thoughts                                                                              
I hear a mockingbird sing                                                                                   
This old world really ain't that                                                                              
Bad of a place                                                                                       

Oh why, there's no comprehending                                                                                   
And who am I to try to                                                                                   
Judge or explain                                                                                
Oh, but I do have one                                                                            
Burning question                                                                                
Who told you life wasn't                                                                              
Worth the fight                                                                             
They were wrong, they lied                                                                              
Now you're gone and we cry                                                                              
'Cause it's not like you to                                                                              
Walk away                                                                                    
In the middle of a song                                                                                                    Your beautiful song

Your absolutely beautiful song                                 


In the song,"Why" by Rascals Flatt they portray the pain of losing a loved one.In the first verse its explaining the pain of the speaker and how she feels by explaining it like a storm.   You must have been in a, place so dark, you couldn't feel the light, reachin' for you through that stormy cloud." The storm is symbolizing the feeling of sadness and the people outside of trying to reach the person who is inside themselves. The speaker is kind of being funny saying that the funeral was a place to draw a crowd and saying it wasn't the best way to draw people."Gathered in our little hometown,This can't be the way,You meant to draw a crowd "

In the second verse, The speaker thinks its their fault what happened to the person. they keep thinking they could of done something to prevent it.  "Oh why, that's what I keep asking ,Was there anything I could've,Said or done,Oh, I had no clue you were,Masking,A troubled soul, God only knows." The person is upset how they didn't know what the person was that they were hiding something.  The speaker also uses ambiguity when they talk about why the person left the stage  in the middle of a song. The speaker mean the person is talking about the person's life. The person left their life before they were ready to leave. just like a person leaving in the middle of the song. "You would leave the stage,In the middle of a song "  

In the third verse, the speaker is talking about how the vision of the person is the seventeen age that they don't change in the mind they see them as they once was. The saying about the baseball game is about how the person wasn't scared of life he took it head on just like in baseball you take risks just like you take risks in baseball."Rounding third to score the, Winning run ,You always played with passion,No matter what the game" Also what ever the person did they did amazing at it. " You'd shine just like the sun".


In the fourth verse, the speaker is describing what she sees. She wants to know why the person didn't fight for life. I believe the person had cancer and didn't tell the speaker they had it. The speaker believed that the person didnt fight for lifeOh, but I do have one, Burning question, Who told you life wasn't, Worth the fight ,They were wrong, they lied,Now you're gone and we cry,'Cause it's not like you to,Walk away,In the middle of a song,  Your beautiful song, Your absolutely beautiful song." The speaker was upset how the person didn't fight for life they left the song in the middle of it. They left life too soon.                                                                                                                                                                                                     
     










                                                                                       

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